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Informal QE Information Session
Presented by Marcel Boehme
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cstalks
Increasing the contrast of Importance
Marcel Boehme
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Informal QE Information Session
Presented by Marcel Boehme
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cstalks
Increasing the contrast of Importance
Marcel Boehme
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
CSTalks - Increasing the Contrast of Importance
Presented by Marcel Boehme
• Why does Software suck?
• Why are papers rejected nowadays?
• What does Apple right and others wrong?
• Why does every todo-list surely have way too many items?
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CSTalksQuestions to be answered.
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CSTalks - Increasing the Contrast of Importance
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Tool Set
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Which one for nailing?
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CSTalks - Increasing the Contrast of Importance
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Trousers
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Which one for the party?
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Processorsi386: 12 - 40MHz Pentium Pro: 200MHz
Back in the early times
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CSTalks - Increasing the Contrast of Importance
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Gadgets
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You have ‘em all
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CSTalks - Increasing the Contrast of Importance
Presented by Marcel Boehme
1. Paradox of Choice (Barry Schwartz)
• Before we have to make a decision:• We used to have nothing, • only a limited choice.
• Now, we want more freedom to choose.• That means, we want more choice.• Soo many opportunities!
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CSTalks - Increasing the Contrast of Importance
Presented by Marcel Boehme
Trousers
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Which one for party?
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CSTalks - Increasing the Contrast of Importance
Presented by Marcel Boehme
Mobiles
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I don’t even knowwhat I want!?!
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
CSTalks - Increasing the Contrast of Importance
Presented by Marcel Boehme
1. Paradox of Choice (Barry Schwartz)
• Before we have to make a decision: “So many things!”• We used to have nothing, only a limited choice.• Now, we want more freedom, more choice!
• While we have to decide: “Too much choice!”• Decision making uses up precious time• No freedom, but paralysis!
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
CSTalks - Increasing the Contrast of Importance
Presented by Marcel Boehme
1. Paradox of Choice (Barry Schwartz)
• Before we have to make a decision: “So many things!”• We used to have nothing, only a limited choice.• Now, we want more freedom, more choice!
• While we have to decide: “Too much choice!”• Decision making uses up precious time• No freedom, but paralysis!
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• After we decided: “But I didn’t want that!”• Regret to decide differently• Opportunity costs subtracts from satisfaction
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
CSTalks - Increasing the Contrast of Importance
Presented by Marcel Boehme
1. Paradox of Choice (Barry Schwartz)
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
CSTalks - Increasing the Contrast of Importance
Presented by Marcel Boehme
- Barry Schwartz13
“There is too much choice in the modern world and we are pay-ing an enormous price for it. It makes us feel helpless, mentally paralyzed and profoundly dis-satisfied.”
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SpecificationSpecification
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Specification
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
CSTalks - Increasing the Contrast of Importance
Presented by Marcel Boehme
2. Why should I care?
1. You will be creators!• You will burden people with choices and decisions
2. You will be deciders!• You will carry the burden of making decisions
• your own and • other peoples’
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CSTalks - Increasing the Contrast of Importance
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2. Why should I care?
1. You will be creators!• Software/Hardware User Interfaces• Papers for journals and conferences• Presentations (all sorts of data, software design, ..)• As Entrepreneurs:
• Business Plan• Marketing Strategy
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CSTalks - Increasing the Contrast of Importance
Presented by Marcel Boehme
2. Why should I care?
1. You will be creators!• Software/Hardware User Interfaces
• “Why Software Sucks” - David Platt
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CSTalks - Increasing the Contrast of Importance
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Usability
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We don’t have it
• It’s an email provider• It’s a search engine• It’s a news site• It’s a chat platform• ...• All in one page
• For logging into email account• Find it first!• Half a dozen redundant clicks• Paris Hilton drunk again?
• 97% distractions
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
CSTalks - Increasing the Contrast of Importance
Presented by Marcel Boehme
Usability
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We don’t have it
• It’s an email provider• It’s a search engine• It’s a news site• It’s a chat platform• ...• All in one page
• For logging into email account• Find it first!• Half a dozen redundant clicks• Paris Hilton drunk again?
• 97% distractions
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
CSTalks - Increasing the Contrast of Importance
Presented by Marcel Boehme
Usability
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Stop looking - Start finding
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• WePad (vs. iPad)• Supports Flash!!• Real Multitasking!!• WIFI, UMTS, 3G, BT• HDMI, Card Reader• Webcam, GPS, Gyro
• BUT• Jittery, shaky, slow• Drains battery• Not fun using it
CSTalks - Increasing the Contrast of Importance
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Gold Plating
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Generally Overrated
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CSTalks - Increasing the Contrast of Importance
Presented by Marcel Boehme
2. Why should I care?
1. You will be creators!• Software/Hardware User Interfaces
• “Why Software Sucks” - David Platt
• Problem: developers assume users to be like them• User knows about every feature• User needs every feature• User needs to be aware about every minor problem
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
CSTalks - Increasing the Contrast of Importance
Presented by Marcel Boehme
2. Why should I care?
1. You will be creators!• Software/Hardware User Interfaces
• “Why Software Sucks” - David Platt
• Problem:• Creator is not empathic and delegates decisions
• “So much functionality - the user has gotta be proud of me!”• “So much time for the evaluation - will put every last bit in the paper!”
• Decider doesn’t care or even know what he wants• “Exception in module 0xCAFEBABE?? - Just wanna do my job here.”
• I misspelled ‘the’? - Then autocorrect it for me for gods sake!”
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
CSTalks - Increasing the Contrast of Importance
Presented by Marcel Boehme
2. Why should I care?
1. You will be creators!• Software/Hardware User Interfaces
• “Why Software Sucks” - David Platt
• Solution: developers should start thinking as users• What is important?
• Which goals does the user want to achieve• What is the user interested in?
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
CSTalks - Increasing the Contrast of Importance
Presented by Marcel Boehme
2. Why should I care?
1. You will be creators!
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2. You will be deciders!• As an employee - What am I gonna do next on my todo-list?
• As a manager - Where to spend the budget?
• As a student - What after graduation? Paper gist?
• As a committee member - Which paper to read next?
• As a geek - Which fancy mobile/tablet/laptop to buy?
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
CSTalks - Increasing the Contrast of Importance
Presented by Marcel Boehme
2. Why should I care?
1. You will be creators!
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2. You will be deciders!• As an employee - What am I gonna do next on my todo-list?
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
CSTalks - Increasing the Contrast of Importance
Presented by Marcel Boehme
TODO Lists
* Finish GRP* Call mom about gift for sis* Reply Bogdan on Facebook* Go cycling in Pulau Ubin* Watch CSI Miami* Read new blog entry Marcus* Answer email from dad* What do I do after graduating?* Deadline FSE’11 tmrw!!* Prepare CSTalks presentation
Always too much to do!
* Bugfix at module 0xCAFEBABE* Apply for internship* Go traveling in** Angkor Wat** Shanghai** Guilin** Yogyakarta** weekend on Tioman* Update submission deadlines* 01.04. meeting supervisor
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CSTalks - Increasing the Contrast of Importance
Presented by Marcel Boehme
• Covey’s Time Management Matrix
1. Classify items into matrix
2. See what to do next
TODO ListsAlways too much to do!
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
CSTalks - Increasing the Contrast of Importance
Presented by Marcel Boehme
TODO ListsAlways too much to do!
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
CSTalks - Increasing the Contrast of Importance
Presented by Marcel Boehme
• Why does Software suck?
• Why are papers rejected nowadays?
• What does Apple right and others wrong?
• Why does every todo-list surely have way too many items?
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SummaryHope you can answer them
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CSTalks - Increasing the Contrast of Importance
Presented by Marcel Boehme
1. You will be creators!• Give only few explicit choices
• Main contributions in a paper• Most important features of your product• Elevator Pitch!
• Definite decision: What is (un-)important for deciders• Do not delegate unimportant decisions
• Establish feedback-loop• Users really want an [Unlike] button in Facebook• Read what reviewers would like to see in camera-ready version
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ConclusionIncrease the Contrast of Importance
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CSTalks - Increasing the Contrast of Importance
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1. You will be creators!
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2. You will be deciders!• Reduce all to a few decisions (by importance)
• Stop procrastinating:• If you postpone important decisions, it will get worse• It doesn’t get worse only if it was not important anyway
• Start saying No.
• Reduce all to a few explicit choices (by consequences)• For every decision
ConclusionIncrease the Contrast of Importance
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Find this point
ConclusionIncrease the Contrast of Importance
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Informal QE Information Session
Presented by Marcel Boehme
Thank You!
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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